Trump administration could use export controls if AI firms don't cooperate with government

The Information reports that senior Defense official Emil Michael said the Trump administration has options, including export controls, if AI companies don't cooperate with the government. He said his feud with Anthropic won't stop him from working with AI companies on an incident-reporting framework. Michael also said the Defense Department will keep barring Anthropic while its software has what he called a "moral principle" allowing its models to exert control over humans.